Sharon Machlis
Executive Editor, Data & Analytics
Sharon Machlis is Director of Editorial Data & Analytics at IDG, where she works on analyzing data (both for IDG Enterprise Web sites and journalism projects) and in-house editor tools in addition to writing and editing. Her tech interests include data visualization and analysis as well as the intersection of journalism and technology. She holds an Extra class amateur radio license and is currently somewhat obsessed with R. Her book Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism was published in December 2018.
Trump eyes end to an H-1B system that favors largest outsourcers
The top 10 H-1B list explains why Trump wants to change the visa lottery
Trump's ban becomes an H-1B fight
It's not the number of H-1B visa holders from banned countries that is driving this challenge
RStudio's new enterprise platform moves out of beta
On the eve of its annual user conference, RStudio announced that its RStudio Connect publishing platform is out of beta and available for a free 45-day evaluation.
First look: IBM's Watson Analytics comes to the iPad
The app is designed for quick data discovery on the go but has some omissions compared to the web version
Sisense brings its analytics platform to chat bots
Users can ask natural-language questions about their data while in Slack, Skype, and Facebook Messenger
Trump's 'extreme' anti-terrorism vetting may be H-1B nightmare
Many people from 'dangerous and volatile regions' work in the U.S. on H-1B visas, and Trump's plan would penalize these workers because of their birthplace.
The advanced beginner's guide to R
So you’ve gone through the Beginner’s Guide to R and want to take the next steps in your R journey? In this advanced beginner’s guide, you’ll learn data wrangling, best packages to use for different tasks, how to make maps with R and...
How many H-1B workers are female? US won’t say
Government resistance to releasing H-1B gender data frustrates advocates who have q uestions about the program's impact on the workforce
How Verizon analyzes security-breach data with R
Senior data scientist calls the Verizon Data Breach Report a 'love letter to R'
Despite H-1B lottery, offshore firms dominate visa use
An H-1B lottery arms race may be in progress, as offshore outsourcers with ties to India once again snapped up tens of thousands of skilled-worker visas
Esri to unveil mapping tools in R
Software 'bridge' to connect ArcGIS map data and R can also be used on other geospatial files
Google, Microsoft, Oracle back new R Consortium at Linux Foundation
The big vendors are among founding members of a consortium aimed at strengthening technical and user communities
